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No. 272,948. Patented Feb. 27,

Attorney 5 AUNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

BRADLEY A. FISKE, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO BERNARD HEOHT,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PENCIL OR CRAYON HOLDR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,948, dated'February 27, 1883.

' Application filed July 6, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, BRADLEY A. F1sKE,a

qcitizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county ot'Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pencil or Crayon Holders; and I do declare the followingto be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference beinghad to the accom panyingdrawings, and to theletters and tigures ot' reference marked thereon, which form a partofthis speciication.

This invention relates to an improvement in lead-pencils having slidingleads, its object being to provide for readily projecting and retractingthe lead; and it consists in a longitudinally-apertured sheath, which isinserted at its inner end in a cylinder, with said end resting againstan apertured stop, While the lead, at its inner'end, is held by a tubepassed through the apertured diaphragm or stop, said lead, if it isdesired to dispense with the tube,

being passed through and headed on the rear side of the diaphragm, arubber plug or eraser,

which may be used or not, being inserted in the rear end of thecylinder, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my pencil. Fig.2 is alongitudinal section, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detailed views, 1nperspect1ve,ofthe same. Fig. is a sectional view of a moditication ofthe same.

ln carrying out my invention I employ a longitudinally apertured sheath,A, whose aperture contains the lead a. 'Ihe sheath, which is preierablymade of wood, is tapered or pointed during the sharpening of the lead,or is cut away as the lead Wears down.

B is aslitled cylinder, into which the sheath A is inserted a suitabledepth or distance, and whichy clasps or clamps the latter.

C is a tube held centrally in the cylinder B by au apertured stop orblock, 12, wedged or forced into the rear end of the cylinder a suitabledistance therefrom, said tube passing through the block or stop b. Inthe rear of this block the cylinder B may be fitted with a rubber plugor eraser, D. The tube is adapted 5o to clamp andthus hold the leadat'its' inner end. The block or stop b is adapted to limit the insertionof.' the sheath into the cylinder.

It will be observed that after the sheath'A has been cutaway to prepare`the pencil for use the lead will project beyond the sheath, in whichposition, it' pressed lipon a table or other surface, it will push thecylinder B outwardly, leaving a space betweenthe stop b and the innerend of sheath A equal in distance 6o to the length which the writing endof the lead projected from the sheath. Having thus retracted the lead,it is only necessary,in order to projectit for use, to press thebutt-end of the pencil on the table or other surface.

In Fig. 5 I have dispensed with the tube and substituted for theapertured block an apertured diaphragm or disk, through whichI pass thelead and provide it with ashoulder on the rear side ot' said disk toprevent the falling 7o out of the lead.

I claim and desire to secure ent- 1. In a lead-pencil, the combination,with the claspin g' cylinder and apertured and leaded 7 5 sheath, of theapertured stop and means to hold the lead in place, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. In a lead-pencil, the combination, with the clasping-cyllnder B andthe longitudinally- 8c apertured and leaded sheath A, ot' the aper-Iured disk 0r stop b and the tube O, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Iatiix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

BRADLEY ALLAN FISKE.

Witnesses:

lHARLEs AcToN IVEs, HENRY lb. HARPER.

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